Review of Pixels (2010) by Dylan D — 18 Oct 2015
Pixels is a movie that should be goofy fun, and it is, for the most part, but one -- gamers, particularly -- cannot watch and think of all the missed opportunities to make it something special. Even with the limited pool of classic video game characters, the film feels a little limited and, frankly, aimed more at the thirty-something crowd that grew up on them rather than the younger crowd that grew up in the open worlds of Grand Theft Auto and the like.
Still, Pixels offers up healthy fun. It errs on the side of mass appeal goofy, and it's so vapid that anyone who's seen the trailer has practically seen the entire movie. There are no real secrets or surprises, just a run-of-the-mill Comedy-Disaster-Alien Invasion movie that replaces generic bad guys with the arcade favorites of the actors' youths.
For mindless fun, Pixels satisfies, but there's a lot of room for improvement and growth if the franchise continues, and here's hoping it does, because the core idea is terrific and there are plenty more video game characters to employ.
This review of Pixels (2010) was written by Dylan D on 18 Oct 2015.
Pixels has generally received mixed reviews.
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